Oral history interview with Reubin Askew, July 8, 1974
Subtitle: interview A-0045, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Contributors: De Vries, Walter, interviewer; Bass, Jack, interviewer; Southern Oral History Program; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Interviews; Governors; Politics and government; Democratic Party (U.S.)
Other titles: Interview A-0045, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with Reubin Askew, July 8, 1974; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: Reubin Askew, governor of Florida at the time of this interview, describes his approach to politics and comments on the political character of Florida and the American South. Askew was running for reelection at the time of this interview (he won), and he uses it to celebrate his agenda, pointing to successes and burnishing his image as a straight-shooter. While he denies an interest in national politics, he sees the South, strengthened by economic growth, and southern politicians playing an increasingly important role in the US.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on June 13, 2008).

Interview participants: Reubin Askew, interviewee; Jack Bass, interviewer; Walter De Vries, interviewer.

Duration: 01:25:47.

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digital library, Documenting the American South.  It is a part of the collection Oral histories of the American South.

Text encoded by Mike Millner.  Sound recordings digitized by Aaron Smithers.

Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and audio (MP3); 2 files: ca. 137.8 kilobytes, 157 megabytes.

Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series A, Southern politics, interview A-0045, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Transcribed by Joe Jaros. Original transcript: 40 p.

Funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this interview.

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